Ch6 Word Parts: Nervous System and Mental Health Flashcards
(56 cards)
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cerbell/o
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cerebellum (little brain)
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cerebr/o
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brain, cerebrum
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cortic/o
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outer portion of an organ, cortex (as in the cerebral cortex)
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crani/o
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skull, cranium
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dur/o
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hard, dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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esthesi/o
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sensation, preception
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gangli/o, ganglion/o
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ganglion
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gli/o
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glue, neurolgia
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mening/o, meningi/o
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meninges
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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narc/o
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stupor, numbness, sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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phas/o
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speech
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poli/o
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gray matter
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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somn/o, somn/i
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sleep
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spin/o
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spine
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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ventricul/o
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ventricle
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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anxi/o
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fear, worry
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hallucin/o
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to wander in one’s mind
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hypn/o
sleep, hypnosis
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ment/o
mental, mind
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phren/o
mind
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psych/o
mind, mental
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schiz/o
split
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soci/o
social, society
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thym/o, thym/i
mind, soul, emotion
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epi-
on, upon, following
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
above, excessive
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hypo-
below, deficient
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para-
beside
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poly-
many
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quadri-
four
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bi-
two, twice
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de-
away from, cessation, without
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eu-
good, normal
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-al, -ar
pertaining to
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-gram
record, recording
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-ia
condition of
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-ictal
relating to or caused by a stroke or seizure
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-lepsis, -lespy
seizure
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-logist
one who specializes in
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-paresis
partial or incomplete paralysis
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-phrenia
the mind
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-plegia
paralysis
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-tomy
incision
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-iatrist
one who specializes in
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-mania
excited state, obsession
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-phile, -philia
attraction to
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-phobia
abnormal fear of, aversion to, sensitivity to
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